The perils of adapting Kazuo Ishiguro
A new adaptation of the Nobel-winning writer’s first novel is too faithful to the book – and to its flaws
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Sound of Falling is an intricate ghost story about trauma across time
In this extraordinary film, four girls confront death through the decades
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Sirāt makes raving sacred
But be warned: the film is savage and uncomfortable
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In Vegas, Elvis performed for himself alone
Baz Luhrmann’s concert film blazes new light on the King’s notorious Sin City years
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The Secret Agent is a thrill ride through Brazil’s dictatorship
Garlanded at Cannes and tipped for glory at the Oscars, The Secret Agent is a thrilling ride into Brazil’s autocratic…
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Why does Emerald Fennell keep killing women off?
The director charges towards whatever cultural argument is burning hottest
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Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is porn
The blockbuster reveals more about the psyche of the director than of Brontë
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Melania has nothing to tell us
The First Lady’s documentary gestures lamely toward the American dream
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Bradley Cooper’s marriage story
His third directorial outing, Is This Thing On?, finds the good in divorce
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Park Chan-wook couldn’t save No Other Choice
A desperate search for employment turns violent in the auteur’s dark, satirical corporate takedown
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Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet melts the heart
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are superb in this original transposition of Shakespeare to the silver screen
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The best film & TV to watch in 2026
While there are exciting movies and series to come this year, the industry feels like it’s out of ideas
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Films of the year 2025
Our choice of the year’s essential big-screen entertainment
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Sentimental Value is an extraordinary investigation into generational trauma
Stellan Skarsgård is outstanding as a film director trying to mend his family through the camera
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It Was Just an Accident is a reckoning with the Iranian regime
Jafar Panahi’s experience as a prisoner makes his film a potent political statement
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Pillion is the film Fifty Shades failed to be
Harry Lighton’s debut feature tests the boundaries of queer cinema without a hint of judgement
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The masochistic violence of Sisu: Road to Revenge
Jalmari Helander’s new film opens a new frontier
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Danel Elpeleg: My grandfather, the Israeli military governor
Zvi Elpeleg presided over Palestinian towns in central Israel. Now his filmmaker granddaughter reckons with his legacy
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It ain’t easy being George Clooney
In Jay Kelly, the Hollywood smoothie plays an actor very much like himself, albeit longing for a second chance at…
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Jennifer Lawrence gives everything to Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay’s film is an extraordinary adaptation of an extreme story about a life in meltdown
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